Need another word that means the same as “scrub”? Find 35 synonyms and 30 related words for “scrub” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Scrub” are: scrub up, call off, cancel, scratch, scour, rub, brush, sponge, swab, clean, cleanse, wash, wipe, abolish, scrap, throw out, abandon, drop, do away with, give up, discontinue, take away, stop, put an end to, eliminate, cut, jettison, discard, forget, forget about, abort, bush, chaparral, scouring, scrubbing
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “scrub” as a noun can have the following definitions:
bush | Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. Bush justice. |
chaparral | Vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes. |
scouring | The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water. Scouring the entire area revealed nothing. |
scrubbing | Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “scrub” as a verb can have the following definitions:
abandon | Cease to support or look after (someone); desert. Fans invaded the pitch and the match was abandoned. |
abolish | Do away with. Slavery was abolished in the mid 19th century in America and in Russia. |
abort | Cease development die and be aborted. Many doctors assume that women who undergo testing would choose to abort. |
brush | Clean with a brush. She brushed a wisp of hair away from her face. |
call off | Pay a brief visit. |
cancel | Decide or announce that (a planned event) will not take place. I intend to cancel your debt to me. |
clean | Clean one s body or parts thereof as by washing. There are a variety of ways to cook the herring but it must first be gutted and cleaned. |
cleanse | Rid of something unpleasant or defiling. This preparation will cleanse and tighten the skin. |
cut | Form or shape by cutting or incising. We had to lose weight so we cut the sugar from our diet. |
discard | Throw or cast away. Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded. |
discontinue | Cease from doing or providing (something), especially something that has been provided on a regular basis. Their current top of the range running shoe is being discontinued. |
do away with | Spend time in prison or in a labor camp. |
drop | Score a goal by a drop kick. She dropped a remark about having been included in the selection. |
eliminate | Eliminate from the body. Let s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics. |
forget | Forget to do something. Don t forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting. |
forget about | Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering. |
give up | Give as a present; make a gift of. |
jettison | Throw away, of something encumbering. Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea. |
put an end to | Formulate in a particular style or language. |
rub | Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. Rub oil into her skin. |
scour | Remove dirt or unwanted matter by scouring. A stream came crashing through a narrow cavern to scour out a round pool below. |
scrap | Discard or remove from service a redundant old or inoperative vehicle vessel or machine especially so as to convert it to scrap metal. A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant. |
scratch | Play a record using the scratch technique. The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree. |
scrub up | Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. |
sponge | Decorate pottery using a sponge. I ll go and sponge this orange juice off my dress. |
stop | Stop moving or operating. You ll have to stop the night. |
swab | Wash with a swab or a mop. Swab the ship s decks. |
take away | Head into a specified direction. |
throw out | Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation. |
wash | Be capable of being washed. The cat washes several times a day. |
wipe | Pass a swipe card over an electronic reader. Paul wiped his face with a handkerchief. |
ablution | (in army slang) a building or room containing washing facilities and toilets. The women performed their ablutions. |
bath | An act or process of immersing and washing one s body in the water held by a bath. He lay in the bath. |
bathe | Suffuse or envelope with something. I was bathed in a cold sweat. |
bathtub | A bath. |
bleach | Clean or sterilize a drain sink etc with bleach. His contributions to the album are bleached of personality. |
brush | Rub with a brush or as if with a brush. Once you ve had it professionally cleaned be sure to brush your coat after each wear. |
bubble | Rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles. We both lived in a bubble the kind provided by occupying a privileged pied terre in Greenwich Village. |
clean | Clean one s body or parts thereof as by washing. Cats are clean animals. |
cleaner | A device for cleaning such as a vacuum cleaner. My suit s at the cleaners. |
cleanly | Smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly. Some plain but cleanly country maid. |
cleanse | Rid of something unpleasant or defiling. You can consume the broth three times a day for a cleanse. |
conditioner | Exercise that conditions the body. Add a water conditioner to neutralize chlorine. |
dampen | Smother or suppress. Slider switches on the mixers can dampen the drums. |
deaden | Make (someone) insensitive to something. Laughter might deaden us to the moral issue. |
detergent | Any additive with a similar action to a detergent e g an oil soluble substance which holds dirt in suspension in lubricating oil. Packets of detergent. |
lather | Exude sweat or lather. Dad had got into a right lather by the time I got home. |
launder | A channel for conveying molten metal from a furnace or container to a ladle or mould. 123 000 had been laundered through Geneva bank accounts. |
laundress | A working woman who takes in washing. |
laundry | Clothes and linen that need to be washed or that have been newly washed. Cooking and laundry were undertaken by domestic staff. |
lave | Cleanse (one’s body) with soap and water. The waves laved the shore. |
med | Medicine medication. She s at med school. |
moisten | Moisten with fine drops. She moistened her lips with the tip of her tongue. |
rinse | Rinse one s mouth and throat with mouthwash. Always rinse your hair thoroughly. |
sanitation | Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing. They could afford to erect new dwellings with a reasonable standard of construction and sanitation. |
shampoo | Wash something in or out of the hair using shampoo. A shampoo and set. |
shower | Cause a mass of small things to fall in a shower. His hooves showered sparks across the concrete floor. |
soap | Rub soap all over usually with the purpose of cleaning. A bar of soap. |
tub | The contents of a tub or the amount it can contain. She s revolting she doesn t tub. |
wash | A quantity of clothes needing to be or just having been washed. Citrus scented body wash. |
washing | The action of washing oneself or laundering clothes bed linen etc. Avoid over enthusiastic washing. |
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